About
AdventHealth University (AHU) is a private health sciences university in Orlando, Florida, United States. It is affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the AdventHealth hospital system, a network of faith-based healthcare facilities. The university also operates campuses in Tampa and Denver. AHU offers more than 20 programs at the associate, bachelor's, master's, professional's and doctoral degrees, including online and certificate options. AHU has published 209 scientific papers on many different subjects.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 36.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 25 Title IV programs, 9 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 16 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing9 · 36.0%
- No Data16 · 64.0%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 12
Action history · 19
- Dec 2025Grant Substantive Change: OtherSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jun 2025Renewal of AccreditationJoint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology · Radiologic Technology (RAD) - Programs for radiographers
- May 2025Renewal of AccreditationCommission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the graduate degree levels
- Dec 2024Grant Substantive Change: OtherSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Apr 2024Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Physical Therapy Association, Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education · Physical Therapy (PT) - Professional programs for the physical therapist
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 686 students received $2.5M in Pell grants, alongside $22.1M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 531 borrowers who entered repayment, 7 (1.3%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at AdventHealth
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus7
- Non-campus1
- Public property1
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
AdventHealth vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions AdventHealth selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectAdventHealth University | 39% | 33.7% | 1,861 | $31,885 | — |
Allen College | — | — | 483 | — | — |
Aultman College of Nursing and Health Sciences | 80% | 45.9% | 286 | $21,873 | — |
Baptist Health Sciences University | 38% | 82.0% | 891 | $13,401 | — |
Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing | — | — | 539 | — | — |
Bellin College | 63% | 97.2% | 927 | $27,313 | — |
Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences | — | — | 193 | — | — |
Bryan College of Health Sciences | 63% | 67.4% | 765 | $25,884 | — |
Cabarrus College of Health Sciences | — | 23.4% | 924 | $17,271 | — |
Carolinas College of Health Sciences | — | 59.9% | 632 | — | — |
Clarkson College | 36% | 78.2% | 1,121 | $15,928 | — |
Cox College | 100% | 100.0% | 724 | — | — |
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University | 44% | 98.7% | 1,191 | $17,797 | — |
Good Samaritan College of Nursing and Health Science | — | 45.7% | 690 | $22,626 | — |
Kettering College | 63% | 76.5% | 757 | $15,156 | — |
Maine College of Health Professions | — | 71.4% | 239 | $20,438 | — |
MCPHS University | 61% | 85.2% | 5,945 | $35,084 | — |
Mercy College of Health Sciences | 67% | 99.7% | 869 | $23,417 | — |
Mercy College of Ohio | 56% | 93.2% | 1,096 | $15,709 | — |
Methodist College | 20% | 38.9% | 267 | $14,867 | — |
MGH Institute of Health Professions | — | — | 1,672 | — | — |
Mount Carmel College of Nursing | 54% | 84.3% | 670 | $12,939 | — |
Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health | 49% | 73.4% | 1,067 | $19,474 | — |
Northwestern Health Sciences University | — | — | 1,101 | $29,794 | — |
Saint Anthony College of Nursing | — | — | 263 | — | — |
Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing | — | — | 605 | — | — |
Samuel Merritt University | — | — | 1,926 | — | — |
Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences | 0% | 100.0% | 202 | $25,189 | — |
St Luke's College | — | 80.0% | 176 | $13,021 | — |
St. John's College-Department of Nursing | — | — | 132 | — | — |
The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences | 50% | 58.9% | 717 | $19,462 | — |
Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences | — | — | 65 | — | — |
| Peer group median | 54% | 77.4% | 721 | $19,474 |
Reports & documents (2)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- Data dictionaryData dictionaryThe page from AdventHealth University appears to be a placeholder for a Data Dictionary, but the page content is not found. The summarized information on the page consists of navigational links to various sections of the university's website, such as Academics, Admissions, Tuition and Aid, and About AHU. However, there's no specific information provided regarding the institution's data dictionary, including publication year, scope of reporting, or the number of terms included.ahu.edu
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
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